AFF Film Submissions Open in April
The 2023 Alexandria Film Festival—our 17th annual!—will take place November 9-12, 2023, in Alexandria, Virginia. We start accepting film submissions for consideration on April 3 (see below) and will shortly be posting information about the submission process on our website, www.alexfilmfest.com. Be on the lookout for that announcement! Be sure to subscribe to our social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram) and, if you don’t already subscribe to our newsletter, there’s a signup form here. Finally, if you know a friend or collague who may have a film to submit, please forward this email!
Call for Film Submissions & Judging
The Alexandria Film Festival will begin accepting submissions on April 3, 2023! On that date, please follow this link to submit your film: https://filmfreeway.com/AlexandriaFilmFestival-523023
Our festival is currently seeking volunteer film screeners for the upcoming festival year. Film screeners will be asked to review and evaluate at least 25 films, comprising both short and feature length films, equaling about 15 hours in total. These films will need to be viewed between April and August 2023. After viewing a film, screeners will be asked to give the film a star rating and write at least a one review paragraph commenting on the overall quality of the film and suitability for inclusion in the festival. Films are viewed online so access to a computer and internet connection is required. Please note: screeners that judge 25 films, will receive a free pass for the entire festival, screeners that judge 60 films, will receive two free passes for the entire festival. If you are interested in volunteering as a film screener and are able to fulfill the requirements, please contact us at alexfilmfestvolunteer@gmail.com.
Spring2ACTion on April 26 for AFF!
On April 26, 2023, Spring2ACTion, the annual online fundraising event for Alexandria charities will take place. As an all-volunteer organization, the Alexandria Film Festival (AFF) relies on the support of our community to fund all of our programs. That means the AFF would literally be impossible without you! Here is the link to our fundraising page: https://www.spring2action.org/organizations/alexandria-film-festival
We typically screen over 60 films and bring 50+ filmmakers to Alexandria from all over the world. Our festival is a celebration of independent filmmaking and provides a rare chance to learn about filmmaking and engage in a discussion full of diverse and dynamic ideas.
The festival will be conducted live and in person again this year. It’s a lot of fun but we have to raise the funding ourselves. It is a daunting task that would be impossible without the support of friends like you.
There are cash prizes for the organizations that raise the most, but we really care more about strength in donors than dollars. Clearly both count, but your gift of any size will make all the difference to us!
Our goal is to raise $3,500. We are a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit, so all donations are 100% tax deductible. Click here: https://www.spring2action.org/organizations/alexandria-film-festival
The Alexandria Film Festival plays a unique role in enhancing the quality of life and culture in our city. Will you join me in investing in it? This is the ONLY time of year that we will ask you–our individual friends and patrons–to support us with your charitable contribution.
Thank you and see you at the AFF in November!!
Dara Sanders, Chair, Alexandria Film Festival
AFF February Screening: REMEMBER THIS
On February 23rd, 2023, AFF hosted a screening and panel discussion at Alexandria’s historic Lyceum of the new feature length film Remember This, starring Academy Award nominee David Strathairn. The film chronicles the life of Jan Karski, who, as a courier in the Polish Underground, escaped from a Gestapo prison camp and risked his life to carry the first eyewitness reports of the Nazi death camps to President Roosevelt and the Western world. After the well-attended screening Emma Jaster (Associate Director, The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics) and Ijeoma Njaka (Senior Designer for Equity, Georgetown University) provided valuable insight into the film and subject. This was the first of several special screenings AFF will host in advance of our 17th annual festival November 9-12, 2023.
AFF and Oscar
QUESTION: What do Sean Fine, Andrea Nix Fine, Julia Reichert, Steven Bognar, Roko Belic, Michael Fallavollita, and Paula van der Oest have in common?
ANSWER: They are all Oscar nominees, winners, or crew members on Oscar-winning films. All have all participated in the Alexandria Film Festival, now in its 17th year. For details check out the press release here.
Save the Festival Dates: Nov. 9-12, 2023
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ABOUT THE ALEXANDRIA FILM FESTIVAL
Now in its 17th year, the Alexandria Film Festival brings diverse films created by independent filmmakers to the city of Alexandria each November. In 2021, the festival expanded by streaming films throughout the year and by launching a monthly newsletter. In 2022 we returned to hosting an in-person festival.
The AFF is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization supported by a grant from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts, as well as the generosity of volunteers, numerous individual and corporate sponsors including Burke and Herbert Bank, Visit Alexandria, Old Town Hilton Hotel, Connection Newspapers, Alexandria Hyundai, James Connolly Realtor, West End Business Association, Alexandria Living Magazine, Alexandria Times, Zebra Magazine, Ted’s Montana Grill, and Cheesetique.